8 Apr
2007
8 Apr
'07
3:09 a.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Dave Dunfield wrote:
I have a truly gigantic pile (pile takes up more space than many of my
mainframe CPU's) of 8-bit ethernet NIC's. Are they really that rare?
Peace... Sridhar
I was afraid of that - Getting a 5160 to network
(to get the
images off) is a little painful - I believe I have an 8088 compatible
network client, but all my network cards are 16-bit etc.)
If you have an Intel Etherexpress 8/16 it will work, but you need to set
it up for 8-bit mode whilst in a 16-bit slot first, using the software
that comes with it IIRC. I've heard that most older 3com cards will
work in an 8-bit slot if you put them there, but I haven't tried it.